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Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.

Vernor Vinge

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Vernor Vinge
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 2
Computer Scientist
Mathematician
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Vernor Steffen Vinge
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So much technology, so little talent.
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How to explain? How to describe? Even the omniscient viewpoint quails.
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I have come to kill you.The death's heads shrugged. You have come to try.
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